Uh, the split or seperation on two meters is .6 Mhz, not 6 mhz. Lots of simplex work on two meters also.
We have lots of sites with both 440 and two meter gear co-existing with WISP's, with no interference issues either way. Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <m...@aweiowa.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Amateur repeater on a wisp tower -- gotchas? > Josh: > > Amateur operators, besides talking world wide on HF frequencies, have > primary allocations in various slots in the spectrum. Besides 440 > (UHF) there is 144 MHz (2 meter VHF), and 220 MHz (VHF). 2 meter and > 70 cm repeaters are common in the ham world. What happens is an > operator is able to talk to the repeater on the input frequency, and > the equipment transmits on another frequency. So, low powered hand > held devices (or mobile devices) can talk a great distance with low > power, THROUGH the repeater instead of station-to-station, which > would be simplex. The repeater equipment we are using has a built-in > cavity so the same coax and antenna can be used for transmit and > receive at the same time. There is a 6MHz separation between > transmit and receive frequencies. > > Mike > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
